Adams, Lloyd Stanley (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1940-June-30

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Home: Smithville, Ontario

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Service

RAF

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

RAF Hemswell

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

41645
PoW: 94

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Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 232 Canadians in the Royal Air Force by Less Allison, page 99

Aircraft shot down at sea near Spieka south of Cuxhaven Germany.

Killed: Sergeant Ralph Burnett RAF KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 26. C. 14. Flying Officer George Michael Wyatt RAF KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 26. D. 1.

POWs: Pilot Officer Lloyd Stanley Adams RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Harold Gordon Hill RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.

Mission

Hampden P4356

Bombing 1940-June-29 to 1940-June-30

61 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Hemswell

61(Hull's own) Squadron RAF (Pur purum tonantes) RAF Hemswell. Hampden I aircraft P 4356 QR-S was shot down by a marine flak battery during an operation against targets in Geestacht, Germany. The Hampden crashed into shallow water just off the coast between Spieka Neufeld and Neuwerk, Germany

Sergeant R Burnett (RAF) and Flying Officer GM Wyatt (RAF) were killed in action

Pilot Officer LS Adams (RAF)(Can) and Sergeant HG Hill (RAF) survived and both were taken as Prisoners of War

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